Conveyer attachment for ropeways



No. 624,648. Patented May 9, I899. A. S. HALLIDIE.

CDVNVEYEB ATTACHMENT FOR RUPEWAYS.

(Application filed Jan. 23, 1899.) (No Model.)

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No. 624,648. Patented May 9, I899. A. S. HALLIDIE.

GDNVEYER ATTACHMENT FOR ROPEWAYS.

(Applicatiop filed Jan. 23, 1899.)

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(No Model.)

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW s. HALLIDIE, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CONVEYER ATTACHMENT FOR ROPEWAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,648, dated May 9, 1899.

Application filed January 23, 1899. Serial No. 703,112. (No model.)

. I arm having a journal at one end for the suspension of the hanger or part to be carried thereby and having the other end formed with a plurality of thin leaves drawn down so as to pass between the adjacent wires or strands of the rope and terminating in short sections which fit within the strand in the place ordinarily occupied by the core or embracing the same.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a view of my attachment. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 show modifications. Fig. 5 is a plan View of Fig. 3'. Fig. 6 is a detail View of the ends of the thin plates. Fig. 7shows the arrangement when using these plates. Fig. Sis a plan view, the plates being so separated as to clasp every alternate strand. Fig. 9 is a general view of my stop attachment.

The object of my invention is to provide a yielding or elastic connection with the rope, and especially. with relation to those parts which are inserted into it so as to enable the rope to pass over and around the numerous sheaves and pulleys of the ropeway without injury thereto, while the conveyer attachment or support is made of sufficient rigidity and strength to support whatever may be suspended from it.

Single bar B and a single shank 0, having at the outer end the journal from which the hanger is suspended. In the present case and for the purpose of giving greater flexibilityI make a plurality of the thin plates C, each having a short section B upon the inner end to occupy the place of the core or center and a corresponding number of plates 0 extending outwardly through the spiral channels'between the adjacent strands of the rope. I have here shown one. of these plates passing through the channel between one pair of strands and the second plate passing through the channel between the next adjacent pair of strands, the plates being so curved as to bring them parallel with each other after leaving the periphery of the rope. These plates extend outwardly from the rope to as greata distance as may be desired and have upon the end the segments D D, which form thecomplete journal from which the hangerE is suspended, the upper end of the hanger being bored to fit upon the journal. The bail or eye of the hanger is retained in place upon the journal by means of a collar or collars F, which serve to retain the hangers in place, and a pin or other securing device G passing through the outer end of the journal. The

arm 0 is reinforced or strengthened either by a gradual thickening-of its own material as the distance from the rope increases, or it may be continued to the requisite length without 'thickenin g and be bolted or otherwise secured to a triangular reinforcing-piece 0', upon the outer end of which the journal D is formed, as before described, These collars also serve to hold the parts of the journal together, and by reason of the short sections 13 and the elasticity of the thin plates 0 the-rope will be al- It will be understood that the supporting arm may be divided into as many sections as conditions make desirable.

When the device is to be attached to a rope at any point, the strands are separated or the rope partially untwisted sufficiently to allow a portion of the core to be removed equal to the length of the parts B to be inserted, or

- the core may remain and the thin leaves partly surround or clasp the same. The ends of these parts may be rounded or otherwise formed so as not to chafe the rope when in place. Beinginserted, the thin shanks G will extend outwardly between the adjacent.

strands and there made with a corresponding spiral or twist, so as to lie easily between the strands while maintaining the exterior parts and the journal in an essentially horizontal position. One of the thin plates 0 may pass up between two of the strands and the next one between the next two adjacent strands, and so on, thus forming a sort of lock or binding to hold the parts firmly in place. When the rope has resumed its normal position, it will securely hold these arms in place.

The plates 0 are usually made of steel, and if made thin throughout the Whole length they are bolted-to the thickened reinforcing part, as shown in Fig. 3, the journal in this case being formed with the reinforcing part.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The conveying attachment for wire-rope ways consisting of an arm formed of a plurality of parallel parts entering between contiguous strands of the rope, an enlargement formed upon the interior end and taking the place of a section of the core of the rope, and a support for a hanger or conveyer formed at the opposite end of the arm.

2. The combination with a rope, of an arm formed of a plurality of parallel plates having inner ends adapted to pass between'different and contiguous strands of the rope,said plates provided with means by which they clasp the rope-strands.

3. The combination with a rope, of an arm formed of a plurality of parallel plates having inner ends adapted to pass between different and contiguous strands of therope, said plates.

provided with clasps by which they engage the strands, and collars upon the outer end of the arm.

4. A plurality of leaves of metal forminga conveyer attachment, said leaves lying contiguous and parallel to each other and having the inner ends adapted to pass between the strands of the wire rope,enlargements formed thereon coincident with the line of the core, and a journal formed by the union of the outer ends of said plates adapted to fit a correspondingly-shaped eye of the hanger or conveyer.

5. An elastic or yielding arm formed of a plurality of plates adapted to enter between different and contiguous strands of a wire rope,enlarge1nents formed upon the inner end of said plates and occupying the position of a portion of the core which is removed for that purpose.

6. An elastic or yielding conveyer attachment for ropeways consisting of parallel longitudinal plates, means at the outer end for supporting a hanger or conveyer, and enlargements formed upon the inner end whereby the plates are passed between contiguous strands and the enlargements occupy the space Within the rope formed by removing the equal portion of the core thereof.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ANDREW S. HALLIDIE. Witnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, GEo. H. STRONG. 

